"I got some honours from my national team and former clubs. But now I'm in China, as a player, the most important thing is that I can serve my club under the coach's management.

"Football is a team event. I will train hard and seek cooperation with team-mates to get a good result for the club. It is the most important thing for a player to assimilate into the team and help the club."

Ramires has linked up with ex-Chelsea favourite Dan Petrescu in China and followed the likes of Gervinho, Demba Ba and Paulinho in moving to Asian football.